Download or read book Beyond Referrals How to Use the Perpetual Revenue System to Convert Referrals into High Value Clients written by Bill Cates and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Introductions! More Appointments! More Clients! You face four hurdles to gaining new clients: finding enough of the right prospects, getting their attention, making the sale, and multiplying your clients through referrals. While referrals are important, they're not the endgame. Beyond Referrals helps you turn referrals into introductions, appointments, and sales--showing you how to turn referrals into introductions to the prospects who are eager to hear from you. Then, you'll learn proven ways to convert a high percentage of prospects into high-value clients. "Bill's referral system is being used throughout our company because the results are undeniable. He has truly revolutionized the way our advisors are acquiring new clients through referrals. This book will turbocharge your client acquisition!" -- JOE JORDAN, Senior Vice President, MetLife "Beyond Referrals is a gold mine of value-based, profit-creating information. Utilizing Bill's Perpetual Revenue System, we learn that obtaining the referral is only the first step in an ongoing and very profitable cycle." -- BOB BURG, coauthor of The Go-Giver and author of Endless Referrals "Beyond Referrals explains how to avoid leaving money on the table from what I call the 'second sale.' You can read this book and double your business, or you can merely work twice as hard. That's not much of a choice." -- ALAN WEISS, PhD, author of Million Dollar Consulting and Million Dollar Referrals This is the ultimate blueprint for converting referrals into clients." -- Ivan Misner, PhD, New York Times bestselling author and founder of BNI

Download or read book Get More Referrals Now The Four Cornerstones That Turn Business Relationships Into Gold written by Bill Cates and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2004-04-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sales legend Bill Cates uses his experience and expert knowledge to show sales professionals how to work smarter (not harder) by employing "The Four Cornerstones of Referrals" --relationship building and customer service, creating referral alliances and networks, prospecting, and targeting niche markets. Using Cates's easy-to-master referral-based selling techniques, readers: Work less and earn more by getting existing customers to work for them generating high-quality referrals Turn every business contact into a relationship and every relationship into a sales success story

Download or read book How Clients Buy written by Tom McMakin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real-world guide to selling your services and bringing in business How Clients Buy is the much-needed guide to selling your services. If you're one of the millions of people whose skills are the 'product,' you know that you cannot be successful unless you bring in clients. The problem is, you're trained to do your job—not sell it. No matter how great you may be at your actual role, you likely feel a bit lost, hesitant, or 'behind' when it comes to courting clients, an unfamiliar territory where you're never quite sure of the line between under- and over-selling. This book comes to the rescue with real, practical advice for selling what you do. You'll have to unlearn everything you know about sales, but then you'll learn new skills that will help you make connections, develop rapport, create interest, earn trust, and turn prospects into clients. Business development is critical to your personal success, and your skills in this area will dictate the course of your career. This invaluable guide gives you a set of real-world best practices that can help you become the rainmaker you want to be. Get the word out and make productive connections Drop the fear of self-promotion and advertise your accomplishments Earn potential clients' trust to build a lasting relationship Scrap the sales pitch in favor of honesty, positivity, and value Working in the consulting and professional services fields comes with difficulties not encountered by those who sell tangible products. Services are often under-valued, and become among the first things to go when budgets get tight. It is now harder than ever to sell professional services, so your game must be on-point if you hope to out-compete the field. How Clients Buy shows you how to level up and start winning the client list of your dreams.

Download or read book Getting Everything You Can Out of All You ve Got written by Jay Abraham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-10-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abraham--trusted advisor to America's top corporations--has written his first major book for anyone seeking fresh ideas on supercharging personal or business success.

Download or read book Don t Keep Me A Secret Proven Tactics to Get Referrals and Introductions written by Bill Cates and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create an Army of Advocates for You and Your Business Word-of-mouth, person-to-person connections matter more to your success than all the hard-sell strategies in the world. This ingenious self-marketing guide by America's #1 “Referral Guru” reveals surefire secrets that will help you to identify, and successfully meet, hundreds of high-quality referrals. Without spending a dime, you can shorten your sales cycle, increase your profits, and expand your network of friends and contacts--by giving them something to talk about. You will discover The 7 Deadly Referral Mistakes and How to Avoid Them 12 Ways to Get Great Prospects Calling You 10 Social Prospecting Ideas That Generate Referrals 6 Tactics for Stronger Introductions PLUS the 4-Point VIPS MethodTM for Asking for Referrals Whether you're a small business owner, self-employed worker, or company salesperson, referrals are the most inexpensive and effective way to drum up business. With Cates' techniques, you can establish a real name for yourself by making more connections, and more money, than you ever thought possible. “I dare you to read this book and not come away with a dozen or more ideas you can put to use immediately.” -Gerhard Gschwandtner, publisher, Selling Power magazine

Download or read book Talent Chooses You written by James Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your business to grow, you need to be able to rely on your ability to hire talent reliably and consistently. No talent pipeline? No growth, and no business. But your recruiting team is drowning (I asked them). They need help. Now, if you ask recruiters, they will ask for headcount. Or more technology. But more bodies and more tools won't solve the issue (though it will eat up your budget). What you need a is a better strategy. And that strategy is called employer branding.Employer branding is about understanding, distilling and communicating what your company is all about in order to attract all the talent you need. That will differentiate your company as a place where people will want to work, rather than a place they land because they didn't know better.If you've heard about employer branding in business magazines, it might seem like something only "big companies" can do. Something that requires a dedicated team, expensive platforms, or a bunch of consultants. That isn't true. If you understand where your brand comes from, and how to apply it, any company (especially yours) can hire better with it.And this book will teach you how to do all of that, and then some.In this book, you'll learn what employer branding really is, how to make a compelling argument internally to leadership that creates commitment, how to work with other teams and be creative in finding solutions. As a special bonus, we are including a handbook on how to work with recruiting teams. This hands-on workbook is chock full of examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions and even emails you can copy and paste to make things happen immediately.

Download or read book The Sticking Point Solution written by Jay Abraham and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Businesses can plateau, stall, OR stagnatewithout the owners or key executives even realizing it. A business might be achieving incremental year-on-year growth and yet still be in a situation of stagnation or stall. Why? Because entrepreneurs and ...

Download or read book Radical Relevance written by Bill Cates and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Value Proposition is not your Elevator Pitch, Positioning Statement, or Unique Selling Proposition. Your Value Proposition is the sum total of all the value you bring to your prospects, clients, strategic partners, and even your employees. Your Value Proposition is the foundation of your business. No value proposition = No business! In today's world of marketing-message overload, the most effective way to grab someone's attention is through radically relevant and critically compelling messaging. Communicating a relevant and compelling value proposition has always been a critical part of winning new business. And your overwhelmed prospects and clients need and even expect your value proposition to be bullseye relevant and continually compelling. In Radical Relevance, Hall of Fame marketer and speaker Bill Cates, lays out your complete road map to discover, formulate, and communicate your value proposition in a way that will be irresistible to just the right prospects, compel them to follow your recommendations, and repel prospects who aren't a perfect fit. Remember: if you try to appeal to everyone, you run the risk of appealing to no one.It's time to take a stand with your value!It's time to get Radically Relevant!

Download or read book Subscription Marketing written by Anne Janzer and published by Cuesta Park Consulting. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marketing playbook for the Subscription Economy, now in its 3rd edition Subscriptions are upending industries and reshaping customer expectations. Have you changed your marketing practices to thrive in this new reality? A successful subscription business is built on lasting relationships, not one-time sales. Stop chasing sales and start creating value. The third edition of this ground-breaking book offers updated advice for solopreneurs, small businesses, fast-growing start-ups, and large enterprises alike. You’ll find creative practices that will help you build and sustain the customer relationships that lead to long-term success. The revised third edition includes: – Updated research and case studies reflecting the rapid growth of subscription-based businesses – New chapters focusing on the needs of solopreneurs or small businesses and entrepreneurs/start-ups. – An expanded look at the risks and rewards of values-based marketing Whether you already have subscription revenues or you want to build an ongoing relationship with existing customers, you can adopt the practices and mindsets of the most successful subscription businesses. Find out why Book Authority considers Subscription Marketing to be one of the top marketing strategy books of all time.

Download or read book Renewable Referrals written by Marketing Results Marketing Results Crew and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Could a Powerful Referral Program Do for Your Business?Have you been wracking your brain trying to figure out how to get referrals for your business, but you're uncomfortable putting people on the spot?You keep hearing how much easier and more profitable it is to work with customers who come to you as referrals – they already know, like, and trust you because someone they respect recommended you. But when you take a look at most referral programs, they just don't seem like… you. You don't want to become “that guy” who asks everyone within arm's reach for the names of three people who need what he sells, right?If filling your sales funnel with more highly-qualified prospects who are ready to do business sounds good to you, read on. Here's what you'll discover:• Why referrals are the single most effective way to get more customers who are eager to buy from you.• The common dangers – real and imagined – that are keeping you from taking action on your referral program ideas. • A simple step-by-step strategy for building a client referral program that gets results.• How to make sure your customer referral program leaves everyone – you, your referral partners, and your new customers – so delighted that your results improve year after year.• Excellent referral program ideas that will make your referral partners eager to send you all the ideal customers you can handle.• Easy ways to get more referrals now, following a proven system that works in any industry.Renewable Referrals is the next book you need to read. This is your chance to get top-notch advice you can implement right away. The authors are a group of Duct Tape Marketers in high demand because of their reputation for getting results. You just want to build a client referral program where everyone involved wins. The authors of Renewable Referrals have seen their clients flourish as they put this strategy into place, and now they are sharing it with you.The ideas in this book can help you tap into the most powerful form of marketing that exists: Referral Marketing. Read it and take action, and you will soon have an unstoppable stream of ideal customers for any business.

Download or read book The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report written by Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

Download or read book The Referral Magnet written by Kelly Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choosing a financial advisor is one of the most important decisions people make in life. They're entrusting someone with their livelihood, their future, and their family, so the choice is not something they take lightly. Given the stakes, the search almost always begins with a referral, and that's why the most successful advisors in the industry are the ones who know how to get them and are proactive in doing so. In The Referral Magnet, Kelly Edwards shares the formula for generating more referrals than ever before, all without asking for them. Her proven approach has been used by successful advisors all over the country to become more referable and make small but impactful changes in how they operate. This paradigm-shifting book is packed with practical advice you can implement right away, and includes downloadable content for each chapter along with stories from the industry's top advisors about their creative solutions, lessons learned, and mistakes made along the way. The search for a "magic bullet" is over. Referrals are-and always will be-the best way to grow your financial practice, and this book shows you how to get more of them than ever before.

Download or read book Infinite Referrals written by Morgan McKelvy and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infinite Referrals...is a detailed strategy to increase your new clients, generate more positive reviews, sky rocket your clients lifetime customer value and blow your referral business out of the water without asking for referrals. Morgan and Caley McKelvy lay out a simple to implement plan that they currently use, to increase your business by up to 50%, or more this year.The McKelvy twins were raised in an entrepreneurial environment. Their parents were very successful in the service industries and laid out a foundation for the girls to follow. Following lessons from their father, who was one of the top producing insurance agents in the nation, has led them down a path to success at a very young age. They learned early on that it doesn't matter what service you sell, all people that sell services are in the same business...sales and marketing. Marketing skills are what catapulted their father to riches and the skills were passed down to the twins.Today the girls run several ventures and all are virtually on autopilot. They have freed up more time by using technology and common sense to their advantage, saved money and are making more than most. The lessons shared in this guide are easy to follow, easy to implement, and will put more money in your pocket when employed.This is a guide, with step-by-step instructions and examples, on how easy it is to market your services to build a small empire. In less than two hours of reading you will have all the ideas, strategies and tools you will ever need to dramatically increase new business, repeat business and explode your referral business. This is a must have guide for any person selling services. Read this guide, take 30-minutes of action, spend just 10-minutes a month thereafter and watch as your business grows to whatever height you wish.

Download or read book Achieving Excellence Through Customer Service written by John Tschohl and published by Best Sellers Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promotes the theory that superior customer service leads to a superior business organisation

Download or read book The Entrepreneur s Roadmap written by New York Stock Exchange and published by . This book was released on 2017-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneur's guide for starting and growing a business to a public listing

Download or read book The Closers written by Jim Pickens and published by The LJR Group, Inc.. This book was released on 1989-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The keystone of Gay's world-famous series of books, first published in 1980, is a complete reference on closing sales and a guide to new sales presentations in today's marketplace. Not a beginner's manual or self-help book, this classic is designed to help master closers brush up and study total closing procedures.

Download or read book Proving the Value of Soft Skills written by Patricia Pulliam Phillips and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Step-by-Step Guide to Showing the Value of Soft Skill Programs As organizations rise to meet the challenges of technological innovation, globalization, changing customer needs and perspectives, demographic shifts, and new work arrangements, their mastery of soft skills will likely be the defining difference between thriving and merely surviving. Yet few executives champion the expenditure of resources to develop these critical skills. Why is that and what can be done to change this thinking? For years, managers convinced executives that soft skills could not be measured and that the value of these programs should be taken on faith. Executives no longer buy that argument but demand the same financial impact and accountability from these functions as they do from all other areas of the organization. In Proving the Value of Soft Skills, measurement and evaluation experts Patti Phillips, Jack Phillips, and Rebecca Ray contend that efforts can and should be made to demonstrate the effect of soft skills. They also claim that a proven methodology exists to help practitioners articulate those effects so that stakeholders’ hearts and minds are shifted toward securing support for future efforts. This book reveals how to use the ROI Methodology to clearly show the impact and ROI of soft skills programs. The authors guide readers through an easy-to-apply process that includes: business alignment design evaluation data collection isolation of the program effects cost capture ROI calculations results communication. Use this book to align your programs with organizational strategy, justify or enhance budgets, and build productive business partnerships. Included are job aids, sample plans, and detailed case studies.